Bertrand Russell Reason Quotations

Reason is a harmonizing, controlling force rather than a creative one.

Facts have to be discovered by observation, not by reasoning

Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and works always in one direction, while the forces of unreason destroy one another in futile strife.

There can't be a practical reason for believing something that is not true.

Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's he could beat her. From superiority in this respect others were thought to follow. Men were more reasonable than women, more inventive, less swayed b

To save the world requires faith and courage: faith in reason, and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true

It is for this reason that rationality is of supreme importance to the well-being of the human species...even more, in those less fortunate times in which it is despised and rejected as the vain dream of men who lack the virility to kill where they cannot agree.

To save the world requires faith and courage: faith in reason, and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true.

As soon as we abandon our reason and are content to rely on authority, there is no end to our troubles.

It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no reason whatsoever for supposing it to be true